Piautos

Piautos is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Coptic. It is the name of HIP40881 (λ Cnc, HR 3268) in constellation Cnc.

Etymology and History

piautos (πιαυτος) is a composition from Greek autos ("self") and Coptic pi- ("that") meaning "the same one". It occurred in a Coptic manuscript on lunar stations. Coptic is the ancient Egyptian language written in Greek letters, but lunar stations were uncommon for both the Greek and Egyptian culture. Hence, the origin of this term remains unknown.

IAU Working Group on Star Names

The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2018/06/01.

Weblinks

• Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/

Reference

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